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Soutoura
04:30
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Do you know Soutoura? It is great
Soutoura, Soutoura
If the world was a tent …soutoura makes it stand
Soutoura, Soutoura
If Soutoura is not there ….the world will be disturbed
Like each other. …love each other
Love each other. …like each other
Soutoura, Soutoura
Oh the elders, oh the elders
Our elders are the culture
Our elders are our culture
The great god entrusted us to them
Let’s give them great honors
Soutoura, Soutoura
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My farmer, my herdsman
My farmer, my herdsman
We can not pay our debt to you
So we leave it in the hands of God
We are all afraid of being hungry and thirsty
And we don’t have the strength to farm
We are all afraid of being hungry and thirsty
And we don’t have the strength to farm
It it wasn’t for you
We would all lose our minds
My farmer, my herdsman
My farmer, my herdsman
We can not pay our debt to you
So we leave it in the hands of God
We should give you what you’ve earned
We should buy your goods for a good price
We should give you what you’ve earned
But we could never pay you all that you have earned
We should buy your goods for a good price
Brave heroes right now
Right now brave heroes
No matter if the sun is hot
It won’t stop you from bending down to work
No matter how cold
It won’t stop you from bending down to work
Thank you, thank you, oh thank you
My farmer, my herdsman
My farmer, my herdsman
We can not pay our debt to you
So we leave it in the hands of God
We can not pay our debt to you
So we leave it in the hands of God
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This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
Mareme Mareme
The children’s friend
Mareme Mareme
She has a beautiful smile
This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is her big day
Mom I thought that she
Would never get married
But she was waiting
For her own day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
The sky is happy
The earth is happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day
Friends are happy
Parents are happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day
To be of age and never married
Is no shame at all
A marriage can’t be bought
A marriage can’t be sold
A marriage can’t be forced
It will only happen when it’s time
The sky is happy
The earth is happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day
Friends are happy
Parents are happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day
Mareme, Mareme
The children’s friend
She is the one we honor
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Dem
04:18
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Now I've come to say Goodbye
It’s time to go
I have to go
I have no choice
I am a young man
But I can not take care of you
If I go away now
Your prayers will help to give me strength
I have to go
I have no choice
I know it will not be easy
Because the white man does not want to see
Immigrants coming
They close the gates
They lock it up
And throw away the key in the ocean
I have to go
I have no choice
Gold and Silver alone won't make a happy life
And Money alone won’t make a happy life
Gold and Silver alone won't make a happy life
And Money alone won’t make a happy life
No matter what you gain
What will be will be
It is God who decides your destiny
You see people always leaving Africa
To find a better life
Whatever good they find
They send back home to help their loved ones
They work to help the younger generation
So they won’t starve
They escape so they can leave
The endless debt behind
The ones that loan the money
Never let them pay it off
Whatever good they make
They must always pay their endless debt
They must always pay their debt
they must always pay their debt
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Mansani Cisse
04:05
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We dedicate this song to Mansani Cisse
The big man is on his way
He is a popular man
Praise Allah ….Mansani Cisse
He was promised a wife
He is sitting and waiting
Sitting and waiting
Sitting and waiting
Sitting and waiting until he gave up
What is not yours. …just leave it
What is not yours. …just leave it
What is not yours. …just leave it
What is not yours. …just leave it
What is not yours. …just leave it
What is not yours. …just leave it
For years and years he is working and working
For years and years he is working and working
Working and working and working and working
And working and not getting paid
Working and working and working
And after all these jobs he didn’t succeed
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Senegal Brasil
03:42
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Senegal and Brasil have something in common
It’s Africa
Senegal and Brasil have something in common
It’s Africa
When I went to Salvador in Bahia
And i heard the music
I got goosebumps
The music they played
Reminds me of Senegal
Where I come from
It washed over me
Chorus:
Senegal and Brasil have something in common
It’s Africa
Senegal and Brasil have something in common
It’s Africa
The black man’s history
(chorus)
It washed over me
You black man
Where are you from?
You black man
What is your history?
You black man
Where did you come from?
We say Africa
We have something in common
It’s Africa
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Aduna
03:43
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The world is not just lunch and dinner
It’s planning ahead
The world is not just lunch and dinner
It’s planning ahead, it’s planning ahead
It’s planning ahead
I get confused
If I see someone mistreating others
If I see someone fighting others
If I see someone doing bad
The world is not just lunch and dinner
It’s planning ahead, it’s planning ahead,
It’s planning ahead,
In life, we have to make sure
To not betray each other
In the world, we must not betray each other
In life, don’t betray your friends
Plan ahead
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Fouta
04:03
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Fouta Toro, Fouta Toro, Fouta Toro,
Fouta Toro, Fouta Lao,
Fouta Djallon, Fouta Damga
Come and go with me
Fouta Toro
Come and go with me
Fouta Toro
Fouta Toro
Fouta Lao,
Fouta Djallon,
Fouta Damga
Fouta Toro
There is nowhere in the world
that is as welcoming as Fouta
My grandparents Mamadou Dem
My mother Issato
Fouta, Fouta
They are all from Fouta
Fouta Toro, Fouta Toro,
Come and go with me
Come and go with me to
Fouta Toro
Fouta
There is nowhere in the world
that is as welcoming as Fouta
Come and go with me
Come and go with me to
Fouta Toro, Fouta Toro
Come and go with me to
Fouta Toro, Fouta Toro, Fouta Toro,
Fouta Toro
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Kumpo
04:12
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Kumpo in his costume
Kumpo in his costume
Kumpo dancing in his costume
Dancing in the moonlight
Celebrating the harvest
Dancing in the moonlight
Celebrating the harvest
Spoken:
If the mice smoked cigarettes
All the leaves and trees would burn
Sing …sing
Let’s take care of the land, with perfection
The women are beautiful and the children follow them to the field
Today, today we celebrate
Kumpo in his costume
Kumpo in his costume
Kumpo dancing in his costume
Today, today we celebrate
Today, today we celebrate
We must take care of the land
With perfection
Great harvest, great harvest
Growing, growing
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Africa
05:39
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Oh, Africa
You have suffered too long
We refuse this
Oh, Africa
You have suffered too long
When will it end
Day before yesterday, it was our grandfathers
Yesterday, it was our fathers
And today looks like it is ours
You have suffered too long
Africa
Oh, Africa
Oh, my people
I am talking to you people
Stand up
Get ready to go
get ready to stand
Oh Africa
Oh, my people
You have suffered too long
You have suffered enough
They put the make up on it
They paint the color on it
It didn't happen
It doesn't exist
You have suffered too long
Yhe suffering must end
Africa, Africa, Africa ...my people
Africa ...my people
Stand up ...my people
Africa …my people
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Oumar Ndiaye New York, New York
Oumar Ndiaye is a Senegalese musician, singer and guitarist who was born in Dakar and raised on the island of Gorée. He is a descendant of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, the 12th century founder of the Wolof empire. His musical style is a mixture of traditional meloodies from Fouta (northern Senegal on the border of Mauritania) and Wolof rhythms. His melodious and bewitching voice leaves no one unaffected. ... more
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